How much will the Baltimore Ravens be favored by in Super Bowl XLIX?
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Jack, you will make so much money on non-Ravens games that you will be able to afford to throw a lot away on foolish homer side bets. If I was you, I'd go ahead and start buying good shit on credit. 2014 season is a sure thing. :0074
Not so fast or funny there homie, I believe it was me who collected last season :0008
Club manager says Ravens weren?t kicked out, weren?t drunk
The folks at TMZ recently reported that a trio of Ravens were asked to leave an Ocean City, Maryland nightclub due to excessive inebriation. The manager of the club in question now says that the report isn?t true.
?I got the [NFL] league office checking in with me and I just said, ?This isn?t right,?? Seacrets manager Scott Studds told Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun. ?These guys didn?t do anything wrong.?
Studds actually reached out to the Sun in order to vouch for the three Ravens ? receiver Jacoby Jones, running back Bernard Pierce, and cornerback Jimmy Smith.
?This thing has gotten some legs obviously and I wanted to set the record straight,? Studds said. ?The thing has gotten out of control and what was reported was completely incorrect. They were not intoxicated or inebriated. They were fine.?
Studds explained that, although video of an interaction of some sort was captured on a patron?s phone, no action was taken.
?There was incident in the area and a couple of those guys were asked if they saw anything or if anything was happening,? Studds said. ?It wasn?t even an altercation. A couple of young ladies were saying guys were pestering them. [The incident] wasn?t a big deal. It was [the Ravens? players] and other people that our guys were questioning. We didn?t kick any of them out. We didn?t ask any of them to leave.?
Instead, they left on their own, and then they returned later.
?We wouldn?t have let them back in if there was an issue,? Studds said.
Asked for comment by the Sun in response to Studds remarks, Ravens spokesman Chad Steele said, ?This is a perfect example that there are two sides to every story.?
It also could be a perfect example of Studds not wanting to dissuade Ravens players from hanging out at the club. While the video from TMZ was hardly conclusive, it wouldn?t be the first time that broader business considerations influenced someone?s recollection of certain events. Especially with the Ravens holding their third annual Beach Bash this weekend in ? you guessed it ? Ocean City.
The folks at TMZ recently reported that a trio of Ravens were asked to leave an Ocean City, Maryland nightclub due to excessive inebriation. The manager of the club in question now says that the report isn?t true.
?I got the [NFL] league office checking in with me and I just said, ?This isn?t right,?? Seacrets manager Scott Studds told Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun. ?These guys didn?t do anything wrong.?
Studds actually reached out to the Sun in order to vouch for the three Ravens ? receiver Jacoby Jones, running back Bernard Pierce, and cornerback Jimmy Smith.
?This thing has gotten some legs obviously and I wanted to set the record straight,? Studds said. ?The thing has gotten out of control and what was reported was completely incorrect. They were not intoxicated or inebriated. They were fine.?
Studds explained that, although video of an interaction of some sort was captured on a patron?s phone, no action was taken.
?There was incident in the area and a couple of those guys were asked if they saw anything or if anything was happening,? Studds said. ?It wasn?t even an altercation. A couple of young ladies were saying guys were pestering them. [The incident] wasn?t a big deal. It was [the Ravens? players] and other people that our guys were questioning. We didn?t kick any of them out. We didn?t ask any of them to leave.?
Instead, they left on their own, and then they returned later.
?We wouldn?t have let them back in if there was an issue,? Studds said.
Asked for comment by the Sun in response to Studds remarks, Ravens spokesman Chad Steele said, ?This is a perfect example that there are two sides to every story.?
It also could be a perfect example of Studds not wanting to dissuade Ravens players from hanging out at the club. While the video from TMZ was hardly conclusive, it wouldn?t be the first time that broader business considerations influenced someone?s recollection of certain events. Especially with the Ravens holding their third annual Beach Bash this weekend in ? you guessed it ? Ocean City.
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Harbaugh: ?We?ll be looking? for ways to bolster roster
It?s June 1 and, as Mike Florio pointed out, that means there?s a little more incentive for teams to sign veterans whose contracts expired after the 2013 season.
Any signings made now don?t factor into the formula for compensatory draft picks, something the Ravens exploited last season when they added linebacker Daryl Smith to their starting defense. Florio suggested they could do the same thing on the offensive side this year with right tackle Eric Winston and, based on coach John Harbaugh?s comments last week, the team seems likely to do something to bolster the roster in the near future.
?I think we?re aware of the guys that are still out there, free agents that would be more favorable to sign after June 1 and all that,? Harbaugh said, via Matt Zenitz of the Carroll County Times. ?We?re going to be watching the waiver wire real close. We?re going to try and get better. We had a conversation, Ozzie and I [Thursday], and I like to think on principle that we really believe this: We want to build as strong of a 53-man roster as we possibly can, and as we do that [to] try to get stronger every chance we get. We?ll be looking.?
In addition to right tackle, Zenitz thinks cornerback may be a place where the Ravens are looking for veteran help. Chykie Brown and Asa Jackson are the only experienced players behind Jimmy Smith and Lardarius Webb and the team has hinted that they?d like some more experience in the competition to replace Corey Graham.
It?s June 1 and, as Mike Florio pointed out, that means there?s a little more incentive for teams to sign veterans whose contracts expired after the 2013 season.
Any signings made now don?t factor into the formula for compensatory draft picks, something the Ravens exploited last season when they added linebacker Daryl Smith to their starting defense. Florio suggested they could do the same thing on the offensive side this year with right tackle Eric Winston and, based on coach John Harbaugh?s comments last week, the team seems likely to do something to bolster the roster in the near future.
?I think we?re aware of the guys that are still out there, free agents that would be more favorable to sign after June 1 and all that,? Harbaugh said, via Matt Zenitz of the Carroll County Times. ?We?re going to be watching the waiver wire real close. We?re going to try and get better. We had a conversation, Ozzie and I [Thursday], and I like to think on principle that we really believe this: We want to build as strong of a 53-man roster as we possibly can, and as we do that [to] try to get stronger every chance we get. We?ll be looking.?
In addition to right tackle, Zenitz thinks cornerback may be a place where the Ravens are looking for veteran help. Chykie Brown and Asa Jackson are the only experienced players behind Jimmy Smith and Lardarius Webb and the team has hinted that they?d like some more experience in the competition to replace Corey Graham.
